First Fire, Then Inquire
A conscientious father stopped spanking his son. "And now, my boy, tell me why I have punished you." The boy went on crying. "That's it…
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Man Power In Fire Brigade 50 Years Ago
WHEN Mr. John F. Ford, of Rockdale, joined the Fire Brigade 50 years ago, firemen were manual laborers and traction…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Left Fires To Attend Ball At Parramatta Hundreds At Church Function Warmer Tones Used In The Decorations And Frocks Big Parties
IGNORING their bright home fires, 300 persons turned out in the rain last night to attend the second annual ball of the Harris Park…
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Taren Point residents are anxious to have fire-fighting equipment provided for the district. Sutherland Council passed the request on to the Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Mark Lodge
On Friday night last a fire occurred in an unoccupied house, in Carrington-street, Mark Lodge, at about 8 o'clock. Fairfield Fire Brigade answered the call,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Cottage. Temora
A four-roomed cottage in Polaris-street, owned and occupied by Mr. Edward Woods, was destroyed by fire last night, as well as the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Youth Burned. Fighting Fire in Racquet Factory
Frank Tread, 17, an employee of Best and Gee. Ltd., tennis racquet manufacturers, was burned about the face and hands yesterday, when a fire broke out in the company's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Forgot Baby Saved From Fire MELBOURNE
A three-months-old baby, overlooked in the excitement of rescuing five other children from a blazing wooden house at Lower Ferntree…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →FIRE-FIGHTING Meeting Called to Organise District
At the monthly meeting of the Baan Baa branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association it was decided to call a public meeting to discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Exciting Pursuit By Car and On Foot. Police Fire Several Shots. Boggabri
The police fired several revolver shots during an exciting pursuit, first by motor car and then on foot, of a man suspectd of illegally taking a motor truck owned by his employer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fires at Woman, Then Kills Self Four Bullets in Man's Chest
MELBOURNE, Friday.--After firing two shots at a woman in McCracken Avenue, Northcote, this afternoon, John…
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MARKED heroism was displayed by Mrs. L. A. Robertson, of Lower Ferntree Gully, early this morning…
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A six-room weatherboard cottage in River-road, Carramar, occupied by William John Hall, was burst out last week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enraged Thieves Set Fire Theory As To How Big Blaze Was Started Fireman Hurt
RELIEVED to have been deliberately started by thieves because they were enraged at their failure to break open the safe, a fire…
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EITHER out of spite, or to obliterate incriminating fingerprints. thieves set fire to the Mote (Patent) Extension…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Bakery. Ballina
A fire broke out in the bakery occupied of Mr. A. E. Hair, in Cherry-street, Ballina, about 8.45 o'clock last night, but the outbreak was discovered in time to enable the Ballina Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Factory Fire Caused by Thieves Building Destroyed
A fire which destroyed a factory in Weston-road, Rozelle, last night, causing damage estimated at several thousands of pounds, was apparently started…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Clothes Alight Terrible Burns When Apron Caught Fire
LISMORE, Sunday.--When her apron caught alight this afternoon, Mrs. G. Porter, of East Lismore, received extensive burns to the body, face,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For Trial As Result of Fire Launceston
At Currie King Island a coroner's inquiry was held concerning a fire on July 19, when £10,000 worth of damage was done to the premises…
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BATHURST, Monday.--Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Thomas and their two young sons were left with only the clothes in which they stood when…
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